En artikel som förklarar varför Kerry har fel
när han påstår att judisk bosättning i Judéen och Samarien / Västbanken
är olaglig. Författaren Alan Baker var tidigare Israels ambassadör i Kanada och medverkade i förhandlingarna med palestinierna under
Osloprocessen.
Kerry is mistaken on settlements
"US Secretary of State John Kerry’s repeated assertions that “Israel’s
settlements are illegitimate,” which he reiterated most recently in a November 6
interview with Israel’s Channel 2 television, are legally and factually
mistaken. Publicly reasserting them, in fact, prejudges and even undermines the
very negotiations Secretary Kerry has been brokering between the Palestinian
Authority and Israel.
Pursuant to the “Oslo Accords,” and specifically
the 1995 Israel-Palestinian Interim Agreement, the “issue of settlements” is one
of the “core issues” to be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations
between the parties.
President Bill Clinton, on behalf of the United
States, is signatory as witness to that agreement, together with the leaders of
the EU, Russia, Egypt, Jordan and Norway.
In fact, there is no
requirement in any of the signed agreements between Israel and the PA that
either side cease or freeze settlement activity until the final disposition of
those disputed territories is negotiated between the sides. The opposite is in
fact the case...
...Notably, Israel is the only country in the 193 member UN General
Assembly whose rights to sovereignty in the territory west of the Jordan river
were twice affirmed last century, first as part of the Mandate for Palestine by
the League of Nations and then by its successor organization, the United
Nations, via its founding charter.
Today, while Israel’s territorial
rights are in force, its vibrant democracy continues to debate what concessions
of its rights are possible in the framework of peace negotiations..."
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